On May 28, 8:49*am, Jay Maynard
wrote:
On 2008-05-28, Jay Honeck wrote:

I really like are the guys who announce that they're "over-flying the field
at 4500 feet, heading West..."

I hadn't heard that until I started listening to the Fairmont CTAF. What's
the point?

4500 feet is probably a bit high to announce but when I was flying the
Aeronca I would announce over flying fields because I was usually only
500 feet over pattern altitude (the Aeronca didn't like going high).
Its helpful to pilots entering and leaving the pattern to know there
is someone right above them.I would always try to cross directly over
if I had to fly by the airport because there is less traffic over the
top.

-Robert, CFII